Sunday January 30, 2022; 11:39 AM EST
- All Sapiens Design. It is part of what makes us Human- to have some idea in mind of a future outcome, and then set upon a course to make it so. As a professional Architect, I had the great fortune of three years in Architecture School where we studied the Architecture gods like Frank Loyd Wright and worshipped at the altar of Design Process. And I was then lucky enough to earn a livelihood and practice this art as a professional being paid by clients to deliver ideas that could be built, or sold to their clients.#
- Today I am realizing a long held dream of designing my own music, and am struck by the universality of the design process I studied to become a professional designer. Looking back, it is really a simple process. Beginning with a concept, one travels a paths from very loose general ideas to increasingly more specific ideas that are tested against the original concept. Then adjustments are made, sometimes starting over and traveling a different path. Rinse and repeat until you find yourself with a "solution" that is “good enough.” The hardest part is to just start down a path without assurance that it will lead you to want to go, but having the confidence in yourself to know that you will get there, eventually. What architecture school adds to this universal human process is the various tools of the craft that are unique to architecture; likewise computer science, engineering and all the other design arts.#
- These days, I am studying music theory and the various music gods I have enjoyed over the years along with the tools of the music craft. Much has changed since I learned the art of architecture. Back then we did everything by hand, and of course today- very little is done by hand. I am benefitting by access to great music software at little or no cost such as HookPad and GarageBand respectively. But thankfully, there is still a place for human craft in music and I am finding that the biggest limitations (and perhaps strengths) are my voice and guitar.#